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<strong>Thursday, July 4th &ndash; Bouzonville (Lorraine, France), abbey-church of Ste Croix, 8pm<br />
Friday, July 5th - Plappeville (Lorraine, France), church of Ste Brigide, 8:30pm<br />
Saturday, July 6th - Châtel st Germain (Lorraine, France), church of St Michel, 8pm<br />
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free admission</strong></p>
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This program presents an idealized musical reconstruction of the church service enforced between 16th and 17th century in Italy, after the Council of Trento. It offers sacred vocal and instrumental works ...</p>

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<strong>Location:</strong> Christ the King Luther Church, Houston Texas, US</p>
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&quot;About this Series: Chamber Music features works written for small ensemble, originally intended for the intimate setting of a court chamber or private home. ...</p>

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<strong>Locations: </strong>Various locations in UK and IE (see list below)</p>
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&quot;In 2013 world-renowned choir <strong>The Sixteen</strong> presents its most far-reaching Choral Pilgrimage tour yet, encompassing 35 concerts around the UK and Ireland. The tour, entitled The Queen of Heaven, will see <strong>Harry Christophers CBE</strong> and his choir perform glorious music in churches and cathedrals for which it was written. ...</p>

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<strong>Location:</strong> Enoch Turner Schoolhouse 106 Trinity St. (King &amp; Parliament Sts), Toronto, ON, CA</p>
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A reminder to our readers in the region of Toronto Canada, the Toronto Consort will be holding its annual fundraiser on 15 May 2015.</p>

Sun, 12 May 2013 15:09:33 +0000http://www.earlymusicnews.org/index.php?module=news&type=user&func=display&sid=1777&title=ca-toronto-consort-annual-fundraising-event-15-may-2013(UK) Early Music at Wigmore Hall (April, May, June 2013)http://www.earlymusicnews.org/index.php?module=news&type=user&func=display&sid=1773&title=uk-early-music-at-wigmore-hall-april-may-june-2013

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<strong>Location: </strong>Wigmore Hall, London UK</p>
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<strong>Early Music and Baroque</strong><br />
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&quot;The Hall&rsquo;s intimate acoustics are ideal for period instruments and this series includes some of the finest ensembles and soloists performing today.&quot; There a lot happening at Wigmore, have a look ...</p>

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<strong>Locations: </strong>Various locations</p>
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&quot;<strong>Guido Morini</strong> and <strong>Marco Beasley </strong>founded Accordone in 1984, motivated by a great passion for the music before Bach, for original instruments and for a new musicological approach to problems of interpretation. At the heart of their work is Italian music for voice and basso continuo from the 16th and 17th centuries. The voice of Marco Beasley, immediately recognizable for its beautiful timbre, in perfect stylistic balance with the instruments which accompany him, is the ideal companion for the profound knowledge of instrumental, improvisational and compositional questions cultivated by Guido Morini, and make Accordone a unique ensemble on the European scene. ...&quot;</p>
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The following is Accordone&#39;s upcoming busy concert list ...</p>

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<font color="#2f3192">&quot;</font><strong>The English Concert (TEC)</strong> returns to the Wigmore Hall for its fourth concert there this season, and welcomes Italian firebrand <b>Fabio Biondi </b>back to the orchestra for the first time in five years. Biondi will direct TEC in works by <em>Haydn, Mozart and Gaetano Pugnani </em>at the Wigmore Hall on Tuesday, 7 May 2013, with further performances at the Hexagon in Reading (8 May), St. George&rsquo;s Bristol (10 May), and the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford (11 May).</p>

The Easter concert of <strong>TREBANTIQUA</strong> celebrates Alessandro Scarlatti with one of his vocal masterpieces: the Stabat Mater for 2 voices, 2 violins and continuo in the luscious setting of Trevi nel Lazio, the old, fascinating village in the mountains of Lazio home of the ancient Bonifazi pipe organ dating 1634. The program is completed by Scarlatti's flute concerto in c minor from his collection of 7 "sonate o concerti" expressely written for German flutist J.J.Quantz during Scarlatti's last year of life in Naples.&nbsp;
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...then double your pleasure by combining food and music together on the same program.&nbsp; <strong>Laura Pudwell</strong>&nbsp; joins the <strong>Nota Bene Baroque</strong> in a concert filled with song.&nbsp; During intermission, various tasty treats will be served, making this presentation a true feast for all the senses.(Don't forget to join us at our popular intermission reception with home-baked desserts.)
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<br><strong>Compositions by</strong> <em>Nicolas Bernier, Giovanni Legrenzi, Johann Fux, Giovanni Battista Buonamente, Johann Schmelzer and Wolfgang Ebner.</em>
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<br>Join us for what can only be described as a delectable and delicious treat to all of your senses. Visit the <a title="Nota Bene Baroque" target="_blank" href="http://www.NotaBeneBaroque.ca">Nota Bene Baroque</a> <span>website</span> for more details of ticket availability and of location.

<p><strong>Location:</strong> Grace Cathedral, San Francisco CA, USA
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<p>“Always a sell-out, year after year, ABS's performances of Handel's enduring masterwork are celebrated as one of Northern California's most treasured holiday traditions. A superb quartet of vocal soloists and the American Bach Choir …
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<p><em>(From a recent Arion Baroque Orchestra newsletter)</em>
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<p>“<strong>Arion</strong> has the great pleasure of welcoming <em>Alexander Weimann, renowned harpsichordist</em>, to the stage during this year’s <strong>Montreal Bach Festival</strong>.&nbsp; Accompanied by Arion’s musicians, along with <em>flautist Claire Guimond</em> and <em>harpsichordist Hank Knox</em>, the impressive harmonic rigour of&nbsp; J.S Bach will be united with the audacity and ardour of his sons… for your utmost enjoyment.” …
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<p><strong>Location: </strong>St.John’s, Smith Square, London SW1P 3HA
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<p>“Christmas has inspired composers for more than five hundred years. The legacy of English composers is rich and varied.
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<br />In recent years a ‘Second English Renaissance’ has seen contemporary composers taking inspiration from plainchant, secular carols and polyphonic masterworks of the sixteenth century. <strong>Chapelle du Roi</strong> explores the links between works by Tallis, Shappard, Palestrina and Guerrero &amp; contemporary English composers including Robert Hugill, Daniel Burges, Nicholas O.Neill, David Braid, Anthony Mudge, Antony Pitts and Roxanna Panufnik. The result is a balance of sumptuous textures and harmonies and contrasting approaches to the great Christmas texts. …
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<p><strong>Location:</strong>&nbsp; L'Eglise Française de Saint Esprit, 109 East 60th St., New York, NY 10022, USA
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<p>“A program of French settings of Old Testament texts composed for the Royal Chapel of Versailles, including recently discovered motets by André Campra and selected Versets of François Couperin. Also on the program are instrumental works of Marais and Couperin.
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<br />Repertoire once performed by relatives of the composers for the Sun King himself will be heard in the intimate sanctuary of the Huguenot Church.”
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